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Mr. Gensuke T. Tokoro
(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)
- Profile
Mr. Gensuke Tokoro has extensive experience in structuring joint ventures, licensing negotiation, and restructuring companies in the area of pharmaceutical products, plant/animal genetics, vaccines, and foods.
- Personal History
Graduated with BA in Economics from Hitotsubashi University (1972). Worked for ten years with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., the largest seed company in the world, expanding its seed business to Asia, Europe, and Central South America as the Director of Marketing. After having served as President of Ghen Corporation, a Japanease company with a full range of biological and agricultural products, he is the President of Nippon Biologicals, Inc., since 1993. He also serves as President of Nippon BioCapital, Inc., Nippon Medical Research, Inc., aRigen, Inc., Nippon Soup, Inc., and Director of Nippon Pharma Promotion, Inc..
Mr. Shigeru Naganuma
(Chief Financial Officer)
- Profile
- More than twenty years' experience and expertise in the fields of capital markets and investment banking.
- A good communication in Japanese, English and French.
- Work Experience
| 1999 August - Present |
Nippon Medical Research, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer |
| 1999 June - Present |
Established NdottoADVISORS INTERNATIONAL, Inc.
President |
| 1996 Apr. - 1998 Dec. |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Tokyo Branch |
| 1987 Apr. - 1995 Dec. |
Banque Indosuez, Tokyo Branch |
| 1973 Apr. - 1987 Mar. |
Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. |
- Education
- Bachelor of Commercial Science, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo 1973
- Besancon University, France (Foreign Student Program) 1976-1977
Dr. Yoshitami Ohashi ,PhD.
(Research & Development Director / The Inventor of WAP-8294A2)
- Profile
- 36 years' experience and expertise in Research & Development in the fields of pharmaceutical and biotechnology
- Studies of useful intestinal microflora as probiotics (Lactic acid bacteria), new antibiotics research, and R&D of diagnostics for human and animals
- Patents (Including applications) - 33 items
- Published papers - 20 items
- Work Experience
| 1999 - Present |
Tokai University School of Medicine
Lecturer (Infectious Disease) |
| 1996 - Present |
Koikeya, Ltd. (A Japanese major confectionary manufacturer), Advisor |
| 1999 - Present |
Nippon Medical Research, Inc.,
Director of Research & Development |
| 1996 - Present |
Established YEST Associates Limited.,
President |
| 1980 - 1996 |
Wakamoto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,
General Manager for Rearch Laboratory of Microbiology |
| 1964 - 1980 |
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.,
Chief Researcher of Microbial Chemistry Research Laboratory |
- Education
- Bachelor of Agricultural Chemistry, OKAYAMA University, Okayama, Japan, 1964
- Agricultural Doctor, KYOTO University, 1974
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